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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

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TAGS: PFOR, SY, JO

SUBJECT: ASAD VISIT TO JORDAN ANNOUNCED

1. SYRIAN MEDIA JUNE 5 ANNOUNCED VISIT OF PRESIDENT
ASAD TO JORDAN JUNE 10 "AT INVITATION OF KING HUSSEIN."

MEDIA ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO VISIT AND REPORTED
THAT LIVE S YRI AN- J ORDANI AN BROADCAST WILL COVER "HISTORIC
EVENT."

2. COMMENT: VISIT FOLLOWS ACROSS-THE-BOARD IMPROVEMENT
IN S YRI AN- J ORDANI AN RELATIONS IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,
INFORMATIONAL, AND POLITIC AT. /MILITARY SPHERES. AS
RESULT OF RECENTLY CONCLUDED BILATERAL INFORMATION
AGREEMENT, SYRIAN NOW HOOKED INTO JORDANIAN COMMUNICATIONS
SATELLITE SYSTEM. SARG HAS ALSO RATIFIED HEALTH
AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES. JOINT ECONOMIC
COMMISSIONS HAVE CONDUCTED TALKS. IN SUM, ASAD-HUSSEIN
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BILATERAL CONTACTS, WITHOUT TENSION AND POLEMICS WHICH
CHARACTERIZED SYRIAN- JORDANIAN RELATIONS IN NOT SO
DISTANT PAST.

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Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

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Concepts: CHIEF OF STATE VISITS

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Draft Date: 05 JUN 1975

Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960

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Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED
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Review Date: 30 JUL 2003
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Review History: RELEASED <30 JUL 2003 by CunninFX>; APPROVED <26 NOV 2003 by greeneet>

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Margaret P. Grafeld
Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
06 JUL 2006

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Secure: OPEN
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Subject: ASAD VISIT TO JORDAN ANNOUNCED
TAGS: PFOR, SY, JO, (ASAD, HAFIZ)

To: STATE
Type: TE

Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 06 JUL 2006